Furrowing-machine.



W. FLENTJE. FURROWING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2, 190B.

902,388. Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

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FURROWING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 2. 190e.

902,388. Patented: oct. 27, 1908.

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FURROWING-MCHINE.

No. 90.111.838.v

`Speciicationof Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 27, 1908.

Application med may 2, 190s. seal No. 430,598.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I WILLIAM FLENTJE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Muske on, in the county of Muskegon and State of chigan, have invented new and useful Im rovements in Furrowi-ng-Machines7 of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to furrowing machines,` and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this character having a plurality of plow blades which are adapted to be raised or lowered simultaneously'andretained in adjusted position through the medium of a singlelever. l

Another object of the invention is to provide a machine of this character with a crank arm of peculiar construction connected with the plow beams whereby aA great amount lof leverage is obtained so that the beams may b e' (uickly and easily raised or lowered as desire V With these and other objects in view the invention resides in the novel construction of elements and their arrangement in o erative combination, hereinafter fully descri ed and claimed.

In the' accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a device constructed in accordance with the present invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view upon the line 2--2 of'Fig. 1, showing the plow blade lowered. Fi ."3 is a similar view showing the plow bla e raised.

In the accompanying drawings the numeral 1 designatsthe frame of afmachine. The

'frame 1 comprises side bars 2 and a rear connection 3. The front of the frame is open and the side bars adjacent the front are provided with suitable o enings ada ted for the reception of stub sha s 4 secure upona bar 5 connected with the-pole 6 of thedevice.

, The bar 5 and pole-6 are provided'with the 'i together, and V the secured to the device. videdwith-a transverse axle 8 having usu'al'wheels 9, and upon which is positioned braces 7 to more effectively secure the arts pple is provided wit the y which the animals are The frame 1 is pousual double trees thejs'p" seat 10. vSeizure between the -fatelyvin front of thevaxle 8 is a shaft 1 0. This shaft 10 is provided with suitable braces "1.1 by which it 1s retained securely upon the v frame' of the device and the shaft hasits ends-V l the side bars 2 immediprojecting a suitable distance beyond each of the sides 2. These projecting portions of the shaft, as well as the center of the shaft arev adapted for the reception of the rearwardly extending beams 12. The beams 12 have their upper faces provided with suitable e es or guide Ways 13 and are provided with t e downwardlyf extendin bars 14 upon which are secured the plow b vades 15. These bars 14 are preferably arranged at an angle to the beams 12 and are effectively braced by the angle irons 15.

Mounted Within the eyes 13 of the beams 12 is a rock shaft 16. This shaft 16 is provided .with a pair of offsets 17 adapted to engage suitable eyes 18 provided by the sides 2 of the frame. By this arrangement it will be noted that a short crank arm engages the eyes 13 of the outer beams 12 while a crank arm extending nearly the entire width of the machine vengages `the center beam 12, thus providing a reat amount of leverage for the earns and a lowing for the easy movement of the same in positioning the p ow blades in the soil or wlthdrawin them therefrom. The enlarged longitudina y' extending crank arm is provided with an odset 19,- adapted for engagement with a link 20 secured upon a lever 21 rovided with a spring ressed tooth 22 adapted to be o erated by a andle 23 and to engage one o the teeth of a segment 24 secured u on the axle 8.

Havin thus fu y described the invention what is c aimed as new is:

In a machine of the character described, a frame, an axle having Wheels upon the frame, ashaft secured to the frame and having its ends .proj ecting beyond the sides of the frame, plow beams secured to the rejecting portions and to the center of the s aft, eyes upon the beams, a shaft for the eyes, eyes upon the sides of the frame, the shaft lbeing provided with offsets engaging the e es of the frame, an oifset upon the shaft, a ink for the offset in presence of two witnesses. n 1 l WILLIAM FLENTJE.

- 'I HENRY H.-GA1DER,

EMIL SrLE'rTsTosER.

'connecting a lever 'having a spring pressed 

